Henry Milling
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Milling (died 30 December 1822) was a British Army officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars.
Biography
Milling was commissioned a lieutenant in the 81st Regiment of Foot in 1801.[1] He served with them in the Peninsular War and was severely wounded at the Battle of Corunna (16 January 1809).[2][3]
In 1815 Milling was present on the Waterloo Campaign with the 2/81st Foot,[4] but did not fight at the Battle of Waterloo, instead the 2/81st Foot remind on garrison duty in Brussels guarding the British Army’s pay chest.[5]
On 18 August 1819 Milling was promoted to lieutenant colonel.[6] In 1822 Milling, from 81st Foot, was gazetted to the 93rd Foot, but retired a few months afterwards without having joined his new regiment.[7] He died on 30 December 1822.[2]
Family
Henry Milling was the brother of John Milling, of Shanlis, Ardee, County Louth.[8]
Notes
- ↑ British House of Commons 1807, p. 923.
- 1 2 WJ staff 1823.
- ↑ Foster 2010.
- ↑ McGuigan 2009.
- ↑ Percival 2014.
- ↑ Urban 1819, p. 360.
- ↑ Burgoyne 1883, p. 53.
- ↑ Swanzy 1908, p. 109.
References
- Burgoyne, Roderick Hamilton, ed. (1883), Historical records of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders, London: R. Bentley and son, p. 53
- British House of Commons (1807), "Appendix A. 1807", Journals of the House of Commons (15 December 1806 – 17 December 1807), 62, H.M. Stationery Office, p. 923
- Foster, Ray (September 2010), Notes on Wellington’s Peninsular Regiments: 81st Regiment of Foot, The Napoleon Series, retrieved August 2014 Check date values in:
|access-date=(help); External link in|publisher=(help) - McGuigan, Ron (November 2009), Anglo-Allied Army in Flanders and France - 1815, The Napoleon Series, retrieved August 2014 Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - Percival, Allan (2014), The 81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment of Foot, Lancashire Infantry Museum, retrieved August 2014 Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - Swanzy, Henry Biddall (1908), The families of French of Belturbet and Nixon of Fermanagh, and their descendants, Dublin: Printed by A. Thom & Company, p. 109
- Urban, Sylvanus (1819), The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, 89 Part 2, p. 360
- WJ staff (2 January 1823), Obituary, Westmeath Journal, retrieved August 2014 Check date values in:
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Further reading
- The London Gazette (15373), p. 636, 6 June 1801 Missing or empty
|title=(help) "Lieutenant Henry Milling to be Captain-Lieutenant, by Purchase" - The London Gazette (15590), p. 667–668, 4 June 1803 Missing or empty
|title=(help) "Officers to be a captains of a company in the undermentioned regiments ..." "81st Ditto Captain-Lieutenant Henry Milling" - The London Gazette (15991), p. 51, 13 January 1807 Missing or empty
|title=(help)Captain Henry Milling to be Major - The London Gazette (16544), p. 2261, 23 November 1811 Missing or empty
|title=(help) "Major Henry Milling to be Lieutenant-Colonel without purchase" - The London Gazette (17507), p. 1474, 17 August 1819 Missing or empty
|title=(help) "Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Milling from half-pay of the Regiment, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase. Dated 12th, August 1819" - The London Gazette (17799), p. 443, 16 March 1822 Missing or empty
|title=(help) "Ditto, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Milling, from the 81st Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, . vice Creagh, who exchanges. Dated 7th March 1822"